2022
Adverse Events After Posterior Lumbar Fusion Are Not Sufficiently Characterized With 30-day Follow-up: A Database Study
Kammien AJ, Zhu JR, Gillinov SM, Gouzoulis MJ, Grauer JN. Adverse Events After Posterior Lumbar Fusion Are Not Sufficiently Characterized With 30-day Follow-up: A Database Study. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022, 30: 528-533. PMID: 35234736, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-21-01121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior lumbar fusionTime of diagnosisAdverse eventsLumbar fusionIndividual adverse outcomesNinety-day ratesAcute kidney injurySurgical site infectionUrinary tract infectionSpecific adverse eventsMultiple adverse eventsPLF patientsKidney injuryCardiac eventsTract infectionsVenous thromboembolismPostoperative periodSite infectionAdverse outcomesPatient counselingAdministrative data setsDatabase studyDay 0Time pointsInterquartile range
2001
Flexibility Analysis of Posterolateral Fusions in a New Zealand White Rabbit Model
Erulkar J, Grauer J, Patel T, Panjabi M. Flexibility Analysis of Posterolateral Fusions in a New Zealand White Rabbit Model. Spine 2001, 26: 1125-1130. PMID: 11413423, DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200105150-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterolateral fusionRabbit modelAutogenous iliac crest bone graftIliac crest bone graftTime pointsNew Zealand white rabbitsPosterolateral lumbar fusionAdult New Zealand white rabbitsCrest bone graftNew Zealand white rabbit modelZealand white rabbitsHuman cadaveric studyPosterolateral spinal fusionWhite rabbit modelVivo rabbit modelIntertransverse process fusionLumbar fusionClinical studiesBACKGROUND DATASpinal fusionAnimal studiesCadaveric studyBone graftWhite rabbitsManual palpation